US8728385B2 - Sidewall and bottom electrode arrangement for electrical smelting reactors and method for feeding such electrodes - Google Patents
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- the present disclosure relates to a sidewall and bottom electrode arrangement for an electrical smelting reactor and to a method for feeding such electrodes.
- Aluminum metal is generally manufactured by two techniques: the traditional Hall method, where an electric current is passed between two electrodes to reduce alumina to aluminum metal; and the carbothermic method, where aluminum oxide is chemically reduced to aluminum via chemical reaction with carbon.
- Reaction (2) generally known as the slag producing step, often takes place at temperatures between 1875° C. and 2000° C.
- Reaction (3) generally known as the aluminum producing step, often takes place at temperatures above about 2050° C.
- the instant disclosure relates to improved carbothermic reactors having improved methods, systems and apparatus for feeding electrodes into the reactor.
- electrodes for electric smelting reactors are consumable carbon electrodes such as graphite or pre-baked carbon electrodes.
- the electrodes When consumable electrodes are used, the electrodes must from time to time be fed into the reactor interior in order to compensate for the electrode consumption.
- the electrodes must penetrate through the reactor sidewall or bottom in a sealed way to prevent liquid material from escaping from the reactor and the electrode seal must also be able to allow feeding of the electrodes without liquid material penetrating through the electrode seal.
- Reactors operating at high temperatures therefore often have a freeze lining of solid slag for protection of the reactor wall and bottom.
- Reactors for production of aluminum by carbothermic reduction of alumina are therefore, at least in the area intended to be covered by molten slag, preferably made of cooled metal panels, particularly cooled copper panels, where cooling of the panels is regulated or adjusted in order to provide and maintain a protective layer of frozen slag on the inside of the cooled panels.
- the present disclosure relates to an electrode arrangement for sidewall and/or electrodes for a metallurgical reactor intended to contain liquid material where at least one consumable electrode is inserted through the sidewall or the bottom of the reactor through an opening in the sidewall or bottom of the reactor, which electrode arrangement is characterized in that it comprises a contact clamp for conducting operating current to the electrode, said current clamp being arranged about the electrode and having internal channels for circulation of a cooling medium and having an inwardly tapered section; an electric isolation ring inserted into the opening in the sidewall or bottom of the reactor and the surface of the electrode to create a sealing between the surface of the electrode and the sidewall or bottom of the reactor; and means for pressing the current clamp against the isolation ring.
- the front part of the current clamp extends into an opening between the surface of the electrode and the isolation ring.
- the means for pressing the current clamp against the isolation ring comprises a steel ring arranged about the electrode and affixed to the outside of the sidewall or the bottom of the reactor, said steel ring having an outwardly tapered opening and where the current clamp has a correspondingly inwardly tapered outer surface which is pressed into the opening in the steel ring.
- the sidewall and/or the bottom of the reactor consist of cooled metal panels where the steel ring is affixed to the cooled metal panel.
- the electrode arrangement according to the present disclosure may provide a safe sealing preventing liquid material in the reactor to penetrate through the electrode sealing.
- a layer of frozen layer of the material in the reactor will, during operation of the reactor, form on the cooled panels and this frozen layer of material will extend to the side of the isolation ring facing the interior of the reactor and to the surface of the electrode thus safeguarding the electrode sealing.
- the sidewall electrode of the present disclosure can either be horizontal or having an angle to the horizontal.
- the bottom electrode of the present disclosure is preferably vertical.
- the present disclosure further relates to a method for feeding of a consumable electrode arranged in the sidewall and/or bottom of a metallurgical reactor containing liquid material, where the electrode is fed by electrode feeding cylinders connected to the electrode, which method is characterized in that the feeding of the electrode is done based on temperature increase in or close to the sidewall or bottom where the electrode is inserted into the sidewall or bottom of the reactor.
- the feeding of the electrode is based on exerting a pressure on the electrode feeding cylinders to break the frozen slag layer when the tip of the electrode has moved towards the sidewall and/or the bottom to such an extent that the frozen material layer has partly melted away.
- the disclosure may be characterized as a metallurgical reactor comprising:
- a front part of the current clamp extends into an opening between the surface of the electrode and the isolation ring.
- the reactor includes a steel ring arranged about the electrode and affixed to the outside of the sidewall or the bottom of the reactor, where the steel ring has an first mating surface, where the current clamp has a corresponding second mating surface, and where, when the second mating surface of the current clamp engages the first mating surface of the steel ring, that a compressive force is realized on at least the front part of the current clamp.
- at least one of the sidewall and the bottom of the reactor comprise at least one cooled metal panel.
- the steel ring is affixed to at least one cooled metal panel.
- FIG. 1 is a vertical cross section of a first embodiment of an electrode arrangement according to the present disclosure.
- FIG. 2 shows an enlarged view of area A from FIG. 1 .
- FIG. 3 is a vertical cross section of a second embodiment of an electrode arrangement according to the present disclosure.
- FIG. 1 there is shown a part of a sidewall in a metallurgical reactor intended to contain liquid slag and having a sidewall consisting of cooled copper panels 1 .
- a horizontal consumable electrode 2 is inserted through an opening 3 in the cooled panel 1 and into the interior of the reactor.
- the reactor is intended to contain liquid slag (e.g., Al 3 C 4 —Al 2 O 3 ) and molten metal (e.g., aluminum metal).
- the electrode 2 is a consumable electrode made from graphite or pre-baked carbon.
- a sealing and electrical isolation ring 4 is inserted in the opening 3 , leaving an annular opening between the electrode 2 and the isolation ring 4 .
- the isolation ring 4 is made from a refractory material that can withstand the temperature, such as, for instance, alumina refractory or any other suitable refractory materials having electric isolating properties.
- a current clamp 5 made from copper or a copper alloy and having internal channels for circulation of a cooling medium is arranged about the electrode 2 .
- the current clamp 5 has an inwardly tapered part and is pressed into the opening 3 between the electrode 2 and the isolation ring 4 to seal the sidewall from leaking the molten material intended to be contained in the reactor.
- Current conductors 6 for conducting operating current to the electrode 2 from a current source (not shown) are connected to the current clamp 5 .
- the current conductors 6 are in the form of pipes for supply of cooling medium to the current clamp 5 .
- the current clamp 5 is pressed into the opening 3 between the isolation ring 4 and the electrode 2 in the following way: A steel ring 7 having an outwardly tapered inner surface is affixed to the panel 1 by means of bolts 8 . The bolts are isolated from the panel 1 . The current clamp 5 is forced against the electrode 2 and the steel ring 7 by means of a second steel ring 9 affixed to the panel 1 by means of bolts 10 . An electric isolation ring ills inserted between the current clamp 5 and the second steel ring 9 . By tightening the bolts 10 , the current clamp 5 is pressed against the electrode 2 and the steel ring 7 with a sufficient amount of preset sealing force to seal the sidewall, and to provide sufficient electrical contact pressure between the electrode 2 and the current clamp 5 .
- electrode feeding cylinders 13 , 14 are affixed to the panel 1 by means of bolts 15 or the like.
- the electrode feeding cylinders 13 , 14 are connected to the electrode 2 by means of an electrode clamping ring 16 , which can be clamped against an outer surface of the electrode 2 .
- the electrode clamping ring 16 can be a conventional hydraulic cylinder or a spring packet.
- the electrode clamping ring 16 is affixed to the electrode feeding cylinders 13 , 14 by means of bolt and nut connections.
- an outer flange 20 on the electrode feeding cylinder 14 is affixed to the outer part of the electrode clamping ring 16 by means of a bolt 21 and nut 22 connection.
- an isolation sleeve 23 is inserted into the boring for the bolt 21 together with isolation members 24 and 25 .
- an isolation ring 26 is arranged between the electrode feeding cylinder 14 and the electrode clamping ring 16 . Similar arrangements may be utilized for the other connecting bolts (e.g., any of bolts 8 , 10 or 15 ). Other bolt connection arrangements may be utilized.
- FIG. 3 there is shown a second embodiment of an electrode of the present disclosure. Parts on FIG. 3 corresponding to parts on FIG. 1 have identical reference numbers. The embodiment shown in FIG. 3 differs from the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 in two aspects.
- the current clamp 5 does not extend into the opening 3 in the copper panel 1 .
- the sealing between the electrode and the panel 1 consists of the isolation ring 4 with the current clamp 5 pressing against the steel ring 7 and the isolation ring 4 .
- This embodiment for electrode sealing may be a simpler implementation than the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 .
- the electrode feeding cylinders 13 , 14 are connected to a device 30 , which is adapted to push the rear of the electrode into the reactor.
- the device 30 includes a nipple 31 having threads 32 screwed into a threaded recess in the back end of the electrode 2 .
- the nipple 31 shown in FIG. 3 is conical, but can also be of cylindrical shape.
- a frozen slag layer on the interior side of the cooled panels 1 (i.e., the side of the panels facing the interior of the reactor).
- This frozen slag layer will, for the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 extend across the isolation ring 4 , the inner end of the current clamp 5 and to the electrode 2 and at least partially assist in the sealing between the electrode 2 and the copper cooled panels 1 .
- the frozen slag layer will extend across the isolation ring and to the electrode 2 , and likewise at least partially assist in the sealing between the electrode 2 and the cooled panels 1 .
- the electrode 2 is consumed during operation of the reactor and the electrode tip 12 will slowly move towards the reactor sidewall. Therefore the electrode 2 is fed into the reactor from time to time as the electrode tip 12 moves closer to the cooled panel 1 . Since the temperature at the electrode tip 12 is at a high temperature, the temperature close to the electrode sealing will increase. In some embodiments, the heat at the electrode tip 12 of the electrode may partly melt away the frozen slag layer proximal the electrode 2 . In one embodiment, the feeding of the electrode 2 is based on this temperature increase.
- the feeding of the electrode 2 is completed by exerting a pressure on the electrode feeding cylinders 13 , 14 that will be sufficient to break the remaining frozen layer of slag whereby the electrode 2 is fed into the reactor (e.g., at a predetermined length).
- the pressure on the electrode clamping ring 16 is released, and the electrode feeding cylinders 13 , 14 and the electrode clamping ring 16 are retracted and pressurized and ready for the next feeding cycle of the electrode 2 . Since the electrode tip 12 through the feeding of the electrode has been moved further away from the reactor wall, a new layer of frozen slag will be reestablished between the surface of the electrode 2 and the cooled panels 1 . In this way a safe feeding of the electrode 2 can be performed without leakage of molten slag.
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Al2O3+3C→2Al+3CO (1)
takes place, or can be made to take place, via a series of chemical reactions, such as:
2Al2O3+9C→Al4C3+6CO (vapor) (2)
Al4C3+Al2O3→6Al+3CO (vapor) (3)
Al2O3+2C→Al2O (vapor)+2CO (vapor) (4)
Al2O3+4Al→3Al2O (vapor) (5)
Al→Al (vapor) (6)
Reaction (2), generally known as the slag producing step, often takes place at temperatures between 1875° C. and 2000° C. Reaction (3), generally known as the aluminum producing step, often takes place at temperatures above about 2050° C. Aluminum vapor species may be formed during reactions (2) and (3), although aluminum vapor species may be formed via reactions (4), (5), and (6).
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- (i) a shell comprising a sidewall and a bottom, wherein the shell is adapted to contain a molten material,
- (ii) at least one consumable electrode protruding through an opening of the shell and into the molten material, wherein the opening is located in the sidewall or the bottom of the shell,
- (ii) a current contact clamp configured to conduct operating current to the electrode, where the current clamp is in contact with the electrode, and wherein the current clamp comprises at least one internal channel, wherein the internal channel is configured to circulate a cooling medium; and
- (iv) an electric isolation ring disposed between the electrode and the opening of the shell, wherein the electric isolation ring is configured to sealingly engage the electrode and the opening so as to restrict flow of the molten material out of the shell.
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